In a certain pavilion in Yangzhou City, I saw countless people downstairs crowded, and from above it looked like countless ants were busy in the anthill. And there are countless "ants" coming from all directions to this "anthill". With such a scene of thousands of empty alleys, what happened here?

I saw an old man about forty years old upstairs, with a red flower pinned to his chest, dressed jubilantly, with his left hand behind his back, and his right hand stroking his goat's whiskers while looking down at the grand occasion, and with a satisfied smile on his face, he looked like an old master in the school. There were also two servant girls standing beside this uncle, both of whom were silent, and their expressions were naturally fighting there, as if these around them had nothing to do with them. Two long bamboo poles stretched out from the inside out of the railing, and a large red firecracker hung at the end of each bamboo pole.

"Master, the auspicious time has come, and you can fire the cannon." I saw this old slave come to the side of the old man and whispered.

I saw that the uncle didn't even look at it, and waved his hand directly at the servant. After a while, the sound of crackling firecrackers came from the bamboo poles on both sides. Under the cover of the sharp sound of firecrackers, the crowd around below gradually quieted down, as if they were all listening intently to the sound of firecrackers.

At the same time, on the street not far away, two dignified and extraordinary sons walked forward while talking. From time to time, there was a sound of laughter from the two, and at a glance, the expressions of the two laughing could be called ** obscene.

"Eh, Youliang, did you hear anything?"

"What's the sound?"

"I don't know, it seems to be coming from the front. Listen carefully. It crackled, like the sound of firecrackers. After that, I saw this son's gaze cast forward, but in addition to seeing the crowd, he still saw the crowd.

"Oh, I think I heard you too. Hey, what are you doing with so many people gathered in front of you? ”

"Since there is a lot of fun, I must be indispensable. Let's go, Youliang, let's go and investigate, let's get soy sauce first. ”

"Hey, Tianyu, wait for me! If you go in the wrong direction, then there is no soy sauce seller. The voice didn't come from there, either. ”

The firecrackers in the attic continued to sound, and from time to time, the exploding firecrackers sprayed their own explosive bodies on the heads of the crowd downstairs. Even so, the crowd downstairs did not disperse to avoid the firecrackers, and there was no open space below the firecracker premises.

"Where did the Han family's firecrackers come from, why are they of such poor quality. Grandma's, many of them exploded when they were about to fall on Lao Tzu's head. A young man standing directly under the firecracker said.

"I don't know if the quality of the Han family's firecrackers is bad, but I know that the quality of this young lady of the Han family must be not bad. In other words, Miss Han and I happen to be a match made in heaven. I saw that an extremely obscene-looking boy next to the boy just now replied proudly when he heard it.

"Bah." I saw that as soon as the boy finished speaking, he attracted the chorus of hoops around him.

The two hanging firecrackers finally exploded, although they did not end at the same time, but the time difference between the two major firecrackers was no more than five seconds. All that remained was the thick smoke of gunpowder and the faint smell of gunsmoke in the air where the firecrackers were hung. The crowd below had been silent since the firecrackers rang off, in stark contrast to the cacophony that had come before.

"Fellow villagers, fathers, and neighbors. Today is the day when the little daughter of my Han family leaves the cabinet. My Han family is a scholarly family in our Yangzhou, and has been grateful to the emperor for many years. However, my little daughter lost her mother freely, and no one has been taking care of her. Now the little girl is in her teens, although she is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the talent of the little girl is also well-known in Yangzhou, and she can be regarded as the first talented woman in Yangzhou. Therefore, today, I, Han, specially held a family affair for the little girl here. Any son between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, who is of good character and good looks, who is healthy and has never been married, has the opportunity to marry the younger girl. However, the final candidate is still decided by the little girl. Here, I, Han, thank you for your support. ”

I saw that after the uncle, who claimed to be Han, finished speaking, the originally quiet crowd underground began to become noisy again.

"Did you hear that, Brother Wang? I told you, the old man Han must be a good-looking person when he marries his daughter. For someone as good-looking as Brother Wang, Old Man Han will definitely not agree. ”

"Eh~ I said Brother Zhang, didn't Old Man Han also say that he wants to be healthy and disease-free? Could it be that Mr. Han, who suffers from rheumatism like Brother Zhang, would agree? ”

"You, well, Brother Wang, I didn't say anything. If Miss Han chooses me for a while, please don't say anything about Brother Wang. ”

"I think eighty percent of the people selected by Miss Han should be me." I saw that this obscene son, who was known as Brother Wang, had just finished speaking, and he received several contemptuous glances from all around, as for piercing his body.

At this time, the old man Han upstairs was still looking at the people downstairs who were looking forward to smiling and smiling.

"Master, judging from the smallest, there are a lot of sons downstairs who obviously don't meet your requirements. If you take the liberty of recruiting relatives for Miss like this, is it a little ...... for Miss" The old slave behind the old man Han saw that the sons downstairs were not short of crooked melons and cracked dates, and saw that his master was still smiling calmly and silent, "It's okay, it's okay." Since the villagers are willing to come over to cheer over there is a care for my Han family, how can I live up to everyone's kindness. Han Yi, you also watched Di'er grow up in the Han family, you don't know Di'er's temper, if I hadn't held this recruitment today, it is estimated that Di'er would never have to worry about her life's events. It is estimated that if these two girls help Di'er throw hydrangeas for a while, they will also watch people throw them. Besides, if it is unfortunate that those sons snatch the hydrangea, in the end, we won't have to have the final say. ”

"But, master, in this way, with Miss's temper, if today's recruitment fails, won't it affect the reputation of our Han family?"

"Wrong, quite the opposite. Today's old man's arrangement for Di'er to recruit relatives is actually just the beginning, if today's thing fails, it will be even more fulfillment of the old man's wish. In this way, when everyone goes back, they will definitely spread today's events to ten, ten, and hundreds, and finally even the whole of Jiangsu will know about it. In this way, in the future, there will be countless famous people who will come to my Han family to propose marriage for Di'er, so that they can also choose the desired person for Di'er as soon as possible. Old Man Han still calmly stroked his beard and smiled in response.

"The old man is wise, and the little one admires." Thinking that there are countless cars and horses who come to the house every day to propose marriage, and there are many famous families and rich sons, but when was it either the young lady or the old man shirked it, so the old slave was even more puzzled by the master's approach, but although he had doubts, he still said so.

"Han Yi, how many hydrangeas are there for Miss today?"

"Back to the master, it was originally ten. However, the young lady thought that there were too many hydrangeas, so she removed four, so now a total of six are prepared. ”

"Hey, Di'er, this kid ......"

Downstairs, Li Tianyu and Chen Youliang were also about to arrive at this crowd.

"Master, look, among the two sons who came over, it seems that one of them is the son of our Yangzhou prefect."

"Oh? Where? ”

"Master, these are the two sons who rode from the east."

"Well~~ It looks like it's all a talent, but I don't know if this talent will satisfy Di'er. I haven't heard of anything outstanding about the son of the Chen Governor's family in Yangzhou, and with Di'er's eyes, he may not be able to take a fancy to him. ”

After hearing this, the old slave stopped talking. Although he also watched Miss grow up in the Han family, he didn't know anything about what Miss was thinking. I only know that the ancestors of the Han family were born as scholars for the last three generations, and now in the lord's generation, after only giving birth to a daughter of the young lady, the lady died, and the lord did not take a concubine in his life, so there is no heir. However, this young lady is not inferior to any talent, she has been taught by her father since she was a child, and she has long been familiar with poetry and etiquette. Therefore, the young lady also followed the master's lofty temperament.

At this time, Li Tianyu and Chen Youliang downstairs had already dismounted and came to the outermost part of the crowd.

"Youliang, so many people are gathered here, could it be that they are besieging some mansion, or are they doing something collective** or something? But why don't there be slogans? ”

"Tianyu, I think this looks like recruiting relatives. Oh, you see......"

Following where Chen Youliang's finger pointed, Li Tianyu saw a bare bamboo pole. Since the two of them had only paid attention to these crowds before they came, they had also paid attention to the upstairs, and now they had come to the outermost layer of the crowd of people, and it was not easy to see the situation upstairs. Troublesome, the people in front of you will die if you don't tiptoe?

"Oh? What does this bamboo pole mean? Why do you see this thing and say it's recruiting relatives? ”

"I said Tianyu, this bamboo pole was obviously hung with firecrackers before, and the sound of firecrackers we heard just now should be here. You said that so many people are surrounded underneath, and firecrackers are set off on top, what is this not a solicitation of relatives? After hearing what Li Tianyu said, Chen Youliang wanted to kick him away, so he gritted his teeth and explained to him.

"Soga? Actually, I already thought about this when I heard the firecrackers just now. Really, Youliang, you have to believe me! ”

"I said two brothers, you are from out of town, right?"